Bovine humoral immune responses to Haemonchus placei excretory secretory antigens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 289-296

  Schallig, Henk D F H ^a   Moyo, Doreen Z ^b   Hendrikx, Wim M L ^a   Eysker, Maarten ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cattle nematoda; Excretory secretory products; Haemonchus placei; Immune response nematoda

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030601660     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)00950-8     Document Type: Article

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